I was just reading this article about how useless the "no fly list" is and how easy it would be for someone to beat.
Let's say your name is "Ahmed Mohammed" (who is by the way on the no fly list) and you want to fly in the united states but you are on the no fly list.
All you have to do it this:
- Buy a ticket (southwest airlines) under another name online. Let's say "John Smith."
- The night before the flight check in on line and print out a boarding pass.
- Save a copy of the HTML file on your computer and using the text editor change the name to Ahmed Mohammed and print out a second boarding pass.
- You can't check in any luggage because they will ask for ID at the ticket counter
- Because you have your "boarding pass" just go to the security line and show your Ahmed Mohammed ID and they will let you on. (no scans, they just initial)
- At the Gate, use you John Smith boarding pass.
- Presto! You're flying.
This is a big flaw. Something needs to be done.
